Daily Archives: Mar 13, 2026

Handgun lore has a long shelf life. Some of it comes from old caliber rivalries, some from movies, and some from the habit of turning rare outcomes into universal rules. On the range, instructors spend a surprising amount of time pulling those ideas apart and replacing them with measurable...

Modern duty pistols did not emerge from a single invention. Their current form is the result of layered engineering decisions that gradually changed how service handguns are carried, fired, maintained, and fitted to the user. What now appears standard a polymer frame, a striker system, a double-stack magazine, and a...

Handgun “stopping power” survives because it sounds simple. A bigger bullet, a harder hit, a dramatic collapse. Real shootings and modern terminal-ballistics work do not support that tidy formula. Across common defensive calibers, handguns remain limited tools. They work by putting a bullet deep enough into something vital, and that...